diff --git a/docs/usage/self-hosted-configuration.md b/docs/usage/self-hosted-configuration.md
index 62c6508a6dbcefc7a09c41a4d4959030def625db..774ee0d51445c765bbed817b2c276a8397fcc440 100644
--- a/docs/usage/self-hosted-configuration.md
+++ b/docs/usage/self-hosted-configuration.md
@@ -147,13 +147,13 @@ Unsupported tools will fall back to `binarySource=global`.
 
 ## cacheDir
 
-By default Renovate uses a temporary directory like `/tmp/renovate/cache` to store cache data.
+By default Renovate stores cache data in a temporary directory like `/tmp/renovate/cache`.
 Use the `cacheDir` option to override this default.
 
-The `baseDir` and `cacheDir` option do not need to point to the same directory.
-You can use one directory for the repo data, and another for the the cache data.
+The `baseDir` and `cacheDir` option may point to different directories.
+You can use one directory for the repo data, and another for the cache data.
 
-e.g.
+For example:
 
 ```json
 {